Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim

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Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim is a 10th-century Arabic geographical treatise that offers a detailed regional survey of the Islamic world, notable for its systematic organization and rich cultural, economic, and topographical observations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic book ⓘ
geographical treatise ⓘ
medieval Islamic geographical work ⓘ
approximateDate c. 985 CE ⓘ
author al-Maqdisi ⓘ
linked to: al-Maqdisī
authorNameInFull Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Maqdisi ⓘ
linked to: al-Maqdisī
dateOfComposition 10th century ⓘ
describes cities ⓘ
climate ⓘ
economic conditions ⓘ
religious life ⓘ
routes ⓘ
social customs ⓘ
topography ⓘ
towns ⓘ
field Islamic studies ⓘ
historical geography ⓘ
genre itinerary literature ⓘ
regional geography ⓘ
geographicalScope Islamic world ⓘ
lands from al-Andalus to India ⓘ
hasModernEdition critical Arabic edition ⓘ
hasModernTranslation European-language translations ⓘ
historicalPeriod Buyid era ⓘ
linked to: Buyid period
influenced later Islamic geographers ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
methodologicalFeature based on personal travel and observation ⓘ
critical evaluation of earlier sources ⓘ
notableFor economic descriptions ⓘ
rich cultural observations ⓘ
systematic organization of regions ⓘ
topographical detail ⓘ
use of evaluative judgments about cities ⓘ
originalScript Arabic script ⓘ
placeOfComposition Jerusalem region ⓘ
preservedIn manuscript tradition ⓘ
religiousAffiliationOfAuthor Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousContext Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
structureFeature classification of provinces and districts ⓘ
systematic regional division ⓘ
subject administrative divisions of the Islamic world ⓘ
ethnographic observations of regional populations ⓘ
trade routes in the Islamic world ⓘ
urban networks in the 10th-century Middle East ⓘ
titleTranslation The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions ⓘ
usedBy modern historians of the Islamic world ⓘ

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Al-Muqaddasi → notableWork → Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim ⓘ
The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions → alternativeName → Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm ⓘ
linked to: Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim
al-Maqdisī → notableWork → Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm ⓘ
linked to: Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim
Kimek confederation → notableSource → Hudud al-ʿAlam ⓘ
linked to: Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim